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| | Historical |
 | | In 1677, John Cook, Greenwich’s earliest settler purchased 1,111 acres of land from this tribe. |
 | | Greenwich Township has also been at the center of early transportation history, such as the Morris Canal, the old New Brunswick Pike, which is now Route 173, an old stagecoach route and the first cement highway in the state of New Jersey, which is located on Route 57. |
 | | The Greenwich Historical Society was organized in August 1984 for the purpose of studying and preserving the heritage of the township and its ancestors. |
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